Jacob Riley Young served
in the Confederate forces during the War between the States. He served
for a short time and then came home for illness purposes. Then, he
served again for the Confederacy. He
drew a Confederate pension benefit from Texas. He is buried in Bosley
Cemetery. --Submitted by Maisie
Louellen McBrayer Pledger,

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C. C. McBrayer, was
a Methodist minister at one time in Mineral Wells. He
is buried in the cemetery in Mineral Wells. --Submitted by Maisie
Louellen McBrayer Pledger ,

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Richard 'Spencer'
Heath (1891-1957) born 23 March 1891 in
Mineral Wells, TX . He was the firstborn of Walter Lee Heath (1868-1925)
and his wife Frances 'Fannie' Caroline Price (1874-1955) of Mineral Wells.
Richard 'Spencer' Heath married in 1912 Bertha Elfrieda Dora Ziebell who
had immigrated from Germany and was working as a Harvey
Girl. They began
their marriage in Mineral Wells.

Nina Belle Kay was born in March 1877 in
Palo Pinto, Texas. Nina Belle Kay's father was J. Thomas Kay and was
born in South Carolina. Her mother's name was Macilla, and she was born
in Mississippi. Nina Belle Kay married Thomas P. Gore who was born
as "Governor Thomas Pryor Gore" on December 10, 1870 in Walthall, Sumner
County, Mississippi. One of their children, Nina S. Gore, was born in
Lawton, Comanche
County , Oklahoma , in 1904. -- Information from Wiki
Encyclopedia.

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SLAUGHTER, GEORGE MORGAN (1862-1915). George Morgan Slaughter,
eldest son of Cynthia Ann (Jowell) and Christopher Columbus Slaughter, qv
was born on November 2, 1862, in a log cabin on his father's Palo Pinto
ranch. The family moved to Dallas when he was eleven. After preparatory
school in Dallas he graduated from a military school in North Carolina before
starting work on his father's newly acquired West Texas ranches. He became
the principal administrator of the cattle empire owned by his family in
West Texas. In 1884 Slaughter became a director of the Running Water Land
and Cattle Company, organized by his father, and lived in a dugout qv west
of Plainview. He was made ranch manager in 1890 and married Alice Louise
Donohoo in 1893. They had four children. After his father bought and leased
a half million acres, including 250,000 acres in Cochran and Hockley counties,
Slaughter assumed management of what became the Lazy S Ranch; he moved to
Roswell, New Mexico, in 1900 for better control of the extended holdings.
A large alfalfa farm near Roswell became the Slaughter Hereford Home, a
model breeding farm, under his direction. Slaughter also established the
American National Bank in Roswell and participate in the Panhandle Stockmen's
Association, whose annual meeting he hosted at Roswell in 1906. He was a
Mason and belonged to the Albuquerque Temple. Slaughter died on July 15,
1915, and was buried in Roswell.

Albert
Crawford, a native
of Breathwitt County, Kentucky, and his wife, Amelis Brawner Crawford,
also of Kentucky, came to Palo Pinto County in 1855. Mr. Crawford
was born in 1826 and married in 1851. The couple had one child, Breckenridge,
who was born before they came to this county.

The next child, Joseph Lane Crawford, was born here in 1860 and he married
Ollie Coarse; Catherine, married Mack Geddis; Brawner Baylor, married
an Edwards; Richard
Coke married Mece Couger; Archie never married; Millstredt (Millie) married Webb
McAdams; Harry never married; Albert Raines, who was born in 1875, married December
1906, Violet Wilson, whose family came from Kentucky to Parker County in 1887
and to Palo Pinto County the next year. The Albert Raines Crawfords had
five children, none of whom live in this county.

James Lovin Daves

James Lovin Daves came to Palo Pinto, TX in 1856.
He married Margeret Carter on Jan 3, 1858. They had
13 children. His mother was Rebbeca Daves. His siblings were sister,
Jershua, and brothers, Green, Cullen, Jaspher, William, and Harrison.

Submitted by Chris Daves

Moses Henry C. Blue

Moses Henry C Blue born in 1846 and died in 1936
in Palo Pinto County. He enlisted in the Civil War in Palo Pinto
and returned there to live after the war. He married Safronia Mayo,
who was hit and killed by the first car in Gordon.

Moses' son, John Walter Blue, was the "oldest native
man" at the Palo Pinto County Old Settlers Reunion in 1965. He
and his wife were also the longest married couple the same year.
John Walter and his wife are buried in the New Gordon Cemetery.

Casper Culwell Keller (b. Oct 18, 1867 in Quincy MO) traveled to Palo
Pinto from Missouri with step father Andrew Frank Corbin and mother Ella
Ann
Phillips (Keller) Corbin in 1879. The 1880 Census (Jun 23, 1880) for
Palo Pinto lists C C Keller at age 13 in the household of Andrew and
Ella Corbin. Other families in the move from Missouri were Jerry and
Josie Penix and family, and Green and Kate Clark and family. Ella, Josie
and Kate were all (Phillips) sisters.

Casper C Keller married Katherine May PARRISH on January
30, 1892, perhaps in Palo Pinto. Their daughter, Neomi May KELLER, was
born
October
23,
1892, perhaps in Palo Pinto. Other children were a daughter Beulah, and
son, Leroy.

Katherine PARRISH's family reportedly came from somewhere in Tennessee.
She was born August 25, 1875, the daughter of William Calvin PARRISH
and Lusindy (Eula?) WILLIAMS.

The KELLER family moved west to ranch in the Guadelupe Mountain
region between Carlsbad and Pecos sometime after 1892.

Jeff Davis BENNETT,
born in Winfield, Tn on 9-29-1886. Died 5-10-1928 in Desdemona, Tx
and buried
in Gorman, Tx. He married Mattie Alice THOMAS, born in Comanche
County, TX, on 3-5-1888.

submitted by Mark Barnes

William A Spencer

William A. SPENCER, alias Champ MEANS,
in his application for a pension from the TEXAS RANGERS stated that
he was a member of the PALO PINTO COUNTY RANGERS, 1873-1874.

W.
C. McADAMS was the commanding officer. SPENCER/MEANS states that
he served with Wash HULLUM, Joe SCHOOLCRAFT, William J. HALE, Jim OWENS,
Matthew
LAMBERTH, and Long Billy NICHOLS. He knew John POLLARD, Sam and Bill
WARD, John (Bud) MATTHEWS, and Bill DOGGETT. He said that he worked
on the Narborough (sp) Ranch, 15 or 20 miles
from
Cisco, Texas. He worked on the HITTSON Ranch. He
was
also in Throckmorton County at the Old Stone Ranch where he worked
for Martin HOOVER. He also lived in Strawn, Eastland County. All of
this took place around 1869-1876 before he went to Denton County and
married.
From there he moved to Grandbury, Hood County until 1884 when he
returned to Palo PintoCounty. He lived there until 1889.

He was known as CHAMP MEANS from 1869 to 1876, but when he returned
to Palo Pinto County he went by his real name, William A. SPENCER or
Bill Spencer.

submitted by Shirley Spencer Wells

David B (DB) Wells

David B Wells was born on 21 Apr 1839 in Morgan Co, KY, and
lived much of his life in Palo Pinto County, TX.He served in
the Union Army, according to family history, in Civil War, probably
from Illinois. He married, in 1869 in Coles Co., Illinois, Mary
Alice MOORE who was born on 10 Nov 1854 in "Near" Columbus,
Ohio. She died on 11 Sep 1936 in Albany, Shakleford, Texas.

The 1860 Coles Co., Illinois census lists both the WELLS and
the MOORE families -- only WELLS is detailed here. David B. WELLS parents,
William and Sarah PRATER WELLS, had 13 children,
the last 7 are listed in this census with them. Their children
were all born in Morgan Co., KY.

Elijah WELLS was born
ca 1831
William WELLS Jr. was born ca 1832
John WELLS was born ca 1834
James WELLS was born ca 1836
Nancy J. WELLS was born ca 1838
DAVID Brooten WELLS born ca 1839 m. Mary Alice MOORE
Elisha WELLS was born ca 1842
Benjamin WELLS was born ca 1843
Rebecca A. WELLS was born ca 1845
Mary E. WELLS was born ca 1846
George A. WELLS was born ca 1848
Daniel T. WELLS was born ca 1849
Sarah E. WELLS was born ca 1851

David and Mary Alice appeared on the census in 1870 in Coles
Co., Illinois. They first appear in Texas 1880 Census in Iredell,
Bosque County, with 3 children all born in Illinois.

By 1900, the family is in Palo Pinto County, the Mingus area.
The home they lived in was on "The Back Road to Thurber" --
as written about by Leo Bielinski whose grandfather lived in the
home right behind DB and Mary Alice.

DB and Mary Alice WELLS children:

1) Fred WELLS was born about 1869 in Coles Co, IL. This Child's mother
may not be Mary Alice (Moore) WELLS. He is listed in 1880 Palo Pinto Co, TX Census with family and shown to have been born in
ILLinois. He was NOT included in the family history, but he was included in DB's Will.

3) Albert B. WELLS was b. ca 1872 in Coles Co, IL. In DB's
estate, but not in family records. However, David B's will also
leaves property to AB Wells, with no mention of any child named "John".

4) Willie WELLS was born on 21 Nov 1872 in Prob Coles Co, ILL.
He died on 21 Nov 1872 in Prob Coles Co, ILL.

5) John Albert WELLS was born on 1 Dec 1873 in Coles Co, IL.
He died on 14 Aug 1883 in TX. It is
possible that he is the same person as Albert B. Wells also listed here
as a child. However, I believe him to be a different child, since
the 1880 census shows Albert B. and not John A. Wells. David B's
will also leaves property to AB Wells, with no mention of any child named "John".

6) Jennie WELLS was born in Nov 1876 in Coles Co, IL. She married Frank
BUPP, b. ca 1876 TX. Family photos of this family were taken in Studer, TX.
One photo of a Max Bupp is labeled "son of Dorace Bupp."

7) David Herbert "Herb" WELLS was born in May 1882
in Iredell, Bosque, Texas. Known to have been in Oklahoma in 1940's,
and believed to have had two sons. Herb WELLS may have owned a cafe in Mineral
Wells, Palo Pinto County. "In the meantime &#91;ca 1920s&#93;,
cafe owner HERBERT WELLS had concluded that he could do better
as a house painter, as there was no painter in town. He became
a good one. Dad's home stayed white for twenty or thirty years
after Herb painted it. After completing a round of painting in
Mingus and Strawn, Herb found himself out of work and moved to
Oklahoma City." Taken from THURBER TEXAS story.

9) Frances Mae WELLS was born on 10 Apr 1891 in Iredell, Bosque, Texas.
She died about Jan 1989 in Albany, Shakleford, Texas. She was a
teacher. She was named after her grandmother Frances Kepler Moore. She never married.

10)Walter Edwin WELLS was born on 14 Nov 1892 in Iredell, Bosque, Texas.
He died on 10 Jun 1914 in Roswell, Chaves Co., NM. Died while visiting his sister Allie. Apparently, he was accidently electrocuted
while working on a telephone pole. He also never married.

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